The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-09-03
MIR. COWan's Spicy Speech.


0onyention last week, announcing
his intention to support the Republi-
can State ticket. Mr.. Cowan was
cmducted to the platform by Mr.. ID.
W. Sloan, of Cumberland.
Nr. Cowen said II presume / am
aRood deal to-day in the position Of
aWitness in a right-of- case of
tfe railroad company of which | am
cQunsel, in which the late Mr.. Ross
Winans was on the other side. The
land grew in price until / could have
belieYed it was not in Baltimore
county, but that it had become as
valuable as Vanderbilt possession
inNew York city. | called on Mr..
Winans and offered to pay what the
land was worth. He said to me: Il
90 nJt think you should put witness
on the stand until you know what he
will say He said The land is not
worth damn, SIR | am put upon
this stand as an expert witness to
givemy opinion of the value Of the
promises of Democratic reforms un-
der tie present management. / fear
| mus reply that they are not worth
damn, SIR Cheers and applause.
| shalItake occasion before the cam
paign ends to give the reasons why |
so estimate those promises. 1t is
curious br an Independent Democrat
to be hele addressing a Republican
convention. But / want to say for a
large number of reform Democrats
that we purpose to support, out and
out, the Republican State ticket as it
has been nominated. Cheers. L
will give due evidence of the faith
that is in me. testify my confidence
in your candidate for Governor. The
railroad company has important liti-
CATION against him, but | have no
question of his integrity. l may pay
my respects to the Democratic man
ayers as the occasion arises. | shall,
with all the enthusiasm l have. sup
port the Republican ticket. l shall
fling down the gauge of battle and
trip gaily to the fray. The Demo-
cratic party has announced, after be-
ing pressed by grand jury indict-
ments and other influences, that it is
in favor Of the Tilden election law,
with notifications, for Maryland, 1t
has announced that we cannot have
annual registration in Baltimore
without new constitution. 1t has
announced as its ideas of civil-service
reform that the spoils belong to the
SpoilSmen. | understand your plat
form is squarely for the reform
League election law and for civil
service reform. On those issues | am
prepared to go upon the hustings and
support the Republican ticket. For
twelve years we haye heard of reform
promises of the Democratic party.
Since 1875, under Mr.. German and
Mr.. Rasin, all sorts of reforms have
been promised, and yet from 1875
until to day there has not been a con-
tested election where the regular
Democrats have not been defeated by
a fusion ticket which was counted
out by fraud. Mr.. German promises
the present reforms. He, at Bar
NUNS Hotel, in 1875, organized the
conspiracy under which the ballot
boxes were looted. and Rasin was his
lieutenant. 1t was Mr.. German who
took Higgins into Howard to per.
petuate election frauds. 1t was Rasin
who took Jim Busey and Fritz
Buckheimer as vice-presidents of the
State convention, solely because OF
their qualifications to stuff ballot.
boxes and to defraud voters. In 1875
and 1879 reform election laws were
promised, and the same in 1882, as
was said in the Baltimore Sun. liz
1856 they trampled the Reform
League election law beneath theil
feet. 1 am to be told that | am still
a child, to rely upon their promises
of reform. We have been fed with
the east wind of promises long
enough. We decline to accept them
as currency any longer. We want
specie payments. They elevate the
people to public Office who commit
their frauds. The late Democratic
convention had DR.. Thornton, who
had cheated, and there were delegates
manipulated by Morris Thomas an6
Eugene Higgins, who left their fed
eral places to do the work. believe
the time will come when State anC
city politics will be divorced from
national politics. We are asked tC
believe in party responsibility. The
Democratic platform points to ths
good things they have done.
81 turn over to the microscopic so
ciety Of Johns Hopkins University
to discover the good they have done